as in secular
not having or showing conviction about the existence of God
As she grew older, she began to question the religious teachings of her youth and became more agnostic.
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as in skeptic
a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not
He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.
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Recent Examples of agnostic
Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2024
Our role in this is to be agnostic on the policies, but to weigh in on what is operationally feasible.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Big Think, 24 June 2024
Given that 25 percent of Europe is expected to be atheist or agnostic by 2050, this will give Islam 20 percent of the religious market, and that proportion would be much higher if market exit included people who may not be atheists or agnostics but reject religious identification.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
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Adjective
Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.
—Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2024
Our role in this is to be agnostic on the policies, but to weigh in on what is operationally feasible.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Given that 25 percent of Europe is expected to be atheist or agnostic by 2050, this will give Islam 20 percent of the religious market, and that proportion would be much higher if market exit included people who may not be atheists or agnostics but reject religious identification.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
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Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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This actually put the current valuation at 25x long-term earnings, which could be considered reasonable with the strong balance sheet and long-term secular growth.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers fear the Chinese government could use the app to spy on Americans or disseminate pro-China propaganda, even though TikTok skeptics have never shown concrete examples of that happening.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2025
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Carbon-capture skeptics say the technology is untested at scale and allows the fossil-fuel industry to continue largely unchanged.—
Matthew Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Be skeptical of anyone who promises immediate cleanup or immediate repairs.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s diverging views on foreign policy President-elect Donald Trump has been skeptical of U.S. alliances, including NATO and defense partnerships in the Asia-Pacific, all of which the Biden team has worked to shore up over the past four years.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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